Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 9 March 2000 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Death Notices. March 09, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Martin Baze FORT STOCKTON — Martin Baze, 83, of Fort Stockton, retired owner of Baze Radio & TV, died Monday, March 6, 2000, at Fort Stockton Nursing Center. Graveside services were Wednesday, March 8, 2000, at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. He was born in London, Texas, and had been a resident of Fort Stockton since 1938. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Wife, Alberta Baze of Fort Stockton. Bobby Boyles ODESSA — Bobby Oliver Boyles, 67, of Odessa died March 6, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at University Park Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Witherspoon officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Breckenridge. He was an Army veteran. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Marzelle Boyles of Odessa; son, Timothy Paul Boyles of Gardendale; daughters, Gaila Kay Barnhart of The Colony and Kimberly Dee Gaston of Lewisville; brothers, Franklin David Boyles of Tucoma, Wash., James Roy Boyles, Wave McKenna Boyles and Don Alton Boyles, all of Odessa; sisters, Leona Moffitt and Lucille Smith, both of Odessa, and Polly Stevens of Tulsa, Okla.; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Winona Bridges ALPINE — Winona Bridges, 73, of Alpine, a homemaker, died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, at an Alpine hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Henry Doherty officiating. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Lordsburg, N.M. She was Episcopalian. SURVIVORS: Husband, Melvin H. Bridges of Alpine; sons, Les Cooke of Blanket, Alberto Cooke of Big Spring, Bruce Bridges of El Paso and Bob Bridges of Alpine; daughter, Beth Justice of Houston; sisters, Betty Stack of Blanket, Claretta Pelaph of Austin, Tetness MaPeek of Dallas and Barbara Hinkel of Weatherford; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Clifford Latham MCKINNEY — Clifford Latham, 77, of McKinney, a retired storage manager, died Friday, March 3, 2000, in McKinney. Graveside services were Wednesday, March 8, 2000, at Ridgeview Memorial Park. Arrangements were by Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Directors. He was born in Gregg County. SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Latham of McKinney; daughter, Carol Lee Latham of McKinney. Roberto Melendez MARFA — Roberto Munoz Melendez, 54, of Edmond, Okla., retired U.S. Customs Service agent, died Thursday, March 2, 2000, at an Oklahoma hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Marfa. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Gloria Melendez of Edmond, Okla.; son, Roberto Munoz Melendez Jr. of Marfa; daughter, Shelly Marie Palmer of Masagwa, Japan; brothers, Carlos Melendez Jr. of Laredo, Ralph Melendez of Marfa and Manuel Melendez of Odessa; sisters, Corine Melendez of Marfa and Rosie Tovar of Hobbs, N.M.; and three grandchildren. Floyd Moss CRANE — Floyd T. Moss, 79, of Crane died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, at Crane Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Buddy Trull officiating. Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home. He was born in La Junta, Colo., and moved to Crane in 1999 from Christoval. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Claudia Mae Moss of Crane; daughters, Ruth Anne Callihan of Crane and Floydine Jackson of Oklahoma City; brother, Raymond Moss of Amboy, Ill.; sister, Sarah Whetsel of Oregon, Ill.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Wanda Ellithorpe MIDLAND — Wanda B. Ellithorpe, 72, of Andrews died Wednesday, March 8, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.